CAB not keen to host Asia Cup camp

The Cricket Association of Bengal is not very keen to host the preparatory camp for the Asia Cup in Calcutta. According to information available from the CAB, the association will be hosting the annual under-13 tournament at the Eden Gardens during the same time the camp is scheduled to take place. Another important factor is the monsoon showers that hit the city at that particular time of the year. The CAB is planning to inform the BCCI regarding its inability to host the camp. It may be added here that Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had wanted the camp in Calcutta as the weather conditions here will be similar to those prevailing in Dhaka.

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Ganguly has been excused by the BCCI from attending the meeting in New Delhi on April 27. The meeting has been called by the Union Sports Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. In an interview to a local daily in Calcutta over the phone, Ganguly has stated, ``the meeting falls on what will be the second day of Lancshire's opening match against Kent. The invitation had come from the BCCI to attend the meeting. I replied stating my situation. The BCCI then sent me a message stating that I had been excused." Ganguly has also stated that he will be only to happy to state his views regarding cricket's blackest episode should the Sports Ministry or the BCCI need it.